Mogambo (1953) on TCM 9/23/16–John Ford masterfully integrates striking gorilla documentary footage with his romantic triangle on a safari tale cast with screen greats: Clark Gable as big game hunter Victor Marswell; Grace Kelly as his married client (In Clark’s words: “You know how it is, the woman always fall for the white hunter.” ) and Ava Gardner as the down on her luck Eloise not having a good safari with the Clark/Grace fling (In the future she: “Only wants to see the two lions in the front of the public library.”) With the same genius Ford composes his shots in Monument Valley, he frames these superstars capturing the beauty and godliness of Kenya’s landscape.
Lawrence of Cinema 